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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:00:41 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> Thanks all. I do need to be careful about this as the machine is 400 |
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>> miles away and the user is completely unable to be of any help if it |
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>> stops working meaning I have to drive or the box has to be shipped. |
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>> Either alternative is not good. |
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> It's a bit late now, but installing a second distro, or a bare stage 3 |
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> gentoo, as a dual boot so you can still access the machoine if it breaks. |
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> As an alternative, send the user a GRML CD and get them to boot that if |
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> things go wrong. |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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I tried the Gentoo install CD with him a couple of years ago. He was |
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unable to get ssh set up and tell me what his firewall's IP address |
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was. |
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Please remember, some of these folks fought in WW2. They are not |
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recent IT graduates! ;-) |
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Having a second install is a reasonable idea. I suppose I can probably |
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install that remotely but I cannot test it remotely (AFAIK) without |
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someone handy to choose the right line in the grub menu... |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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